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| length =5:40
| BPM = 113
| versions =Ringfinger<br>Twist (Demo from ''Demos & Remixes'')<br>Twist (''Purest Feeling'')
| live =[[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]] through [[Lollapalooza Tour]]
}}[[Image:Twisttracksheet.png|thumb|"Twist" track sheet published on [[nin.com]] during ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' era.]]
'''"Ringfinger"''' is the tenth and final track on the 1989 release ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''. The demo version of this song was called "Twist"," which remains musically almost identical but uses alternate lyrics.
===Song Credits===
==Versions==
===Ringfinger===
This is the final album version. Opening with a thumping beat and a synth melody, Reznor's reverberating vocals dominate the verses. A different beat is introduced during the second verse, while vocal harmonies and a synth pad enter during the choruses. During the break, there is a short distorted guitar riff before the final verse and choruses. The end of the track comes in after the final chorus with a funky guitar riff playing over a panned drum beat. This is followed by a scream [[samples|sampled]] from the beginning of [[Jane's Addiction]]'s "Had a Dad"," which leads into an entirely different beat, sampled from "Alphabet St." by Prince. This is accompanied by a synth that sounds very similar to the one used in "[[That's What I Get]]" , and vinyl scratching.
===Twist (Demo from ''Demos & Remixes'')===
'''''Running Time: 4:47'''''
The "Twist" recording on the ''Demos & Remixes'' [[bootlegs|bootleg]] includes the spoken lyrics printed at the end of "Ringfinger" in the ''Pretty Hate Machine'' liner notes. There also exists a version (with a running time of 4:32) from a cassette tape handed out by Reznor to important figures. One of these cassettes is in the possession of [[Martin Atkins]], who has allowed fans to hear excerptsplaybacks. Based on what fans have heard, this is the same demo.
====Lyrics====
(Twist twist twist) I love the pain
(Twist twist twist)
(Turn it on! Turn it on)
Is this on?
I'm so tired I can't get to sleep
The squeaking of the bed is right in time with the song that's repeating in my head
It's uncomforting to remember how I used to like a good fuck every once in a while
I just want you to know
That when I do it
I only think of you
===Twist (''Purest Feeling'')===
==Live==
Very similar in structure to the studio version, the live version adds only a few changes. The song acquires a harder, darker sound, with the drums becoming more prominent and a more noticeable guitar riff added from the second verse onwards. It was played often during most legs of the [[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]], but has not been played since.Reznor sometimes changed the line "this one act of consecration is what I ask of you" to "this one act of masturbation is what I ask of you."
==Lyrics==
"When I do it, I only think of you"
The final four lines are only present in the ''Pretty Hate Machine'' lyrics lyric booklet.
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